ILM: Industrial Light And Magic – A Walkthrough In Pictures

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Visit the house that George Lucas’ Star Wars built – or is it the house that built Star Wars? See icons from, and the future of, Sci Fi movie history in hi-res pictures.

Sorry if these take a little while to load. These pics are all 1200 across – you can click on them to go bigger, or ‘open image in new tab’. I figured if you’re going to have a look around Industrial Light and Magic, you might as well have a GOOD look. The joy really is in the details.

Sure, it’s just a place of business, but for a Sci Fi fan, it’s a very special place of business. Walking around it was a thrill for me. Hopefully you can share in some of that right now.

When you enter and leave ILM through the front door, this is what you see.

A huge lobby area is surrounded by cool statues, posters and yes, some Star Wars stuff.

Like this! This is the original Darth Vader costume, used in the original trilogy (Return of the Jedi, I believe).

George Lucas has a simply mind-boggling collection of vintage movie posters. They line the walls up to the cinema (of course they have a cinema).

Let’s have a close up look at Darth Vader, shall we? Check out the usage on the gloves. That’s from force-choking minions.

ILM is set up a bit like a university campus – it’s a mass of buildings, all linked together, and the corridors are filled with incredible props and models from an amazing array of films.

See, that’s what it looks like from inside.

Industrial Light and Magic have picked up a few awards along the way. They’re doing all right.

Walking around, it was okay to stick your head in to offices and say ‘hi’. The decor is completely up to the occupant, and is usually littered with things they find awesome or have worked on.